TOKYO, Jan. 24 Kyodo The United S...

TOKYO, Jan. 24 Kyodo

The United States papal courts no double standard in its policies onward Iraq and North Korea, despite their different treatment warranted by way of the different circumstances in the couple countries, Undersecretary of State John Bolton said Friday.

Bolton made the remark in answer to a question on the U threat of war in succession Iraq versus its diplomatic approach toward North Korea.

''The fall of the curtain result in both cases has to be the elimination of their programs involving weapons of mass destruction,'' Bolton, who is upon a three-day visit to Japan end Saturday, told a news parley at the U.S Embassy in Tokyo.

on the contrary Bolton, who is in charge of arms mastery and international security affairs, said that befitting to different circumstances, ''the matter of Iraq is onward one track and the matter of North Korea's nuclear program is upon another track.''

upon Iraq, Bolton said the home ''has been engaged in a systematic campaign of denial and deception'' above the last 12 years since the Persian whirlpool War.

''We have exceedingly convincing evidence that Iraq maintains an extensive program for the production of weapons of mass destruction,'' Bolton said.

''At the appropriate time and (in an) appropriate way, we will make the case about Iraq's violations,'' Bolton said, without declining to provide specifics.

Regarding North Korea, Bolton said a peaceful resolution remains the U objective.

''If there are substantial actions undertaken by the agency of the North, then we would be willing to consider a recently made known arrangement'' for U.S-North Korean relations, Bolton said.

Bolton met with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and delegate Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe earlier Friday. He described the meetings as ''very productive.''

Bolton arrived in Tokyo forward Thursday on his third and last stop in succession an Asian tour after stopping on Beijing and Seoul.

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